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Hot topicHormone-replacement therapy: what to prescribe and when
In the second of a two-part series on HRT, Dr Toni Hazell addresses prescribing issues, outlining the factors to consider when initiating treatment
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Key learning points
Key learning points: managing type 2 diabetes in adults
Dr Pam Brown and Dr Colin Kenny provide seven key learning points from the updated NICE guideline on the management of type 2 diabetes
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Hot topic
Address the emerging threat of burnout among primary care staff
Dr Vasumathy Sivarajasingam assesses the reasons behind high rates of burnout in the primary care workforce, and looks at measures to reduce its impact
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Key learning points
Key learning points: revised NICE guidance on ME/CFS
Dr David Strain defines best practice management of the chronic, poorly understood condition ME in six key learning points
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Hot topic
Hormone-replacement therapy: what are the risks and benefits?
In the first of a two-part series on hormone-replacement therapy, Dr Toni Hazell explains the importance of helping women to weigh up the risk–benefit ratio
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Top tips
Top tips: supporting the early career of newly qualified GPs
Dr Nicola Moerdyk offers 10 top tips on how to assist recently qualified GPs to develop into independent practitioners
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Implementing guidelines
Never give up encouraging patients to give up smoking
Louise Ross discusses key recommendations in a new NICE guideline on tobacco dependency, which offers some positive new approaches to smoking cessation
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Implementing guidelines
Determine the underlying reason for iron deficiency anaemia
Dr Sophie Nelson explores updated BSG guidelines on iron deficiency anaemia in adults, emphasising the important role of primary care in identifying the cause
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Top tips
Top tips: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in adults
Dr Jez Thompson offers seven top tips on dealing with the challenges involved in the diagnosis and management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in primary care
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GP appraisal
GP appraisals in a pandemic: what have we learnt?
Dr Honor Merriman looks at how the GP appraisal process has adapted in response to COVID-19, and assesses the prospects for further modifications
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Differential diagnoses
Heavy menstrual bleeding: what’s the diagnosis?
Debra Holloway presents four case studies to explore the investigation and management of heavy menstrual bleeding
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Implementing guidelines
GOLD COPD strategy in 2022: key updates for primary care
Professor David Halpin describes key changes in the GOLD 2022 report, and highlights important recommendations for COPD management in primary care
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Implementing guidelines
Prompt diagnosis of heart valve disease is key to good outcomes
Dr Yassir Javaid explores the recommendations in the first NICE guideline on valvular heart disease, and outlines GPs’ vital role in diagnosis and referral
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Top tips
Top tips: managing psoriasis in children
Dr George Moncrieff discusses best practice in the recognition and treatment of psoriasis and related comorbidities in children, providing five top tips for management in primary care
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Top tips
Top tips: using motivational interviewing strategies
Dr Vasumathy Sivarajasingam offers seven top tips on adopting motivational interviewing techniques in primary care to guide patients to make behavioural changes
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Hot topic
Urgent action is needed to address workforce issues in primary care
Dr David Jenner presents an in-depth analysis of staff numbers in primary care teams, assesses the impact on services, and suggests strategies to tackle shortages
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Key learning points
Key learning points: updated NICE guidance on managing long COVID
Dr Claire Davies identifies seven key learning points for primary care on managing long-term effects of COVID-19
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Hot topic
Intervene early to lower the risk of endometrial hyperplasia and cancer
Dr Anne Connolly outlines the importance of understanding risk factors and early opportunities to intervene for endometrial hyperplasia and cancer
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Key learning points
Key learning points: defining remission in type 2 diabetes
Dr Pam Brown provides seven key learning points for primary care from a consensus report on defining remission in diabetes
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Guidelines Live
Guidelines Live 2021: event highlights
In 2021, Guidelines Live returned as an in-person event—what were the best bits from the most popular clinical streams?
